Jeanne Bates, best known for her roles as Jean Perkins and Anne Peters on the NBC Daytime Drama, Days of our Lives, died at the age of 89 in Woodland Hills, CA from breast cancer.

Ms. Bates was born in Berkeley, CA on May 21, 1918 She began her career appearing on radio soap operas in San Francisco while attending San Mateo Junior College. While playing the lead on the radio mystery series "Whodunit," she met and married the program's writer, Lew X. Lansworth, in 1943. Her infamous scream popularized the show. The two remained married until Lansworth's death in 1981.